Read more about the world’s biggest football stadiums. Here you’ll find photos from some matches and get a brief background and history of the Maracana stadium and other famous stadiums to play football upon.
Which team are playing at Maracana?
No home teams play here since it’s a national football stadium.
Where is the stadium located?
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Which famous players have played here?
Many of the worlds best players have been playing here. All famous brazilian football stars, such as Ronaldo, Romario, Carlos Alberto, Cafu, Junior, Pele, Rivaldo, Roberto Carlos, Romario, Ronaldinho and Ronaldo.
Pele scored his 1000th goal in this stadium.
How big capacity do Maracana have?
Today, only 95 000.
But it used to take much bigger audience..
During the stadiums glory days it took the official world-record attendance of 199 854 during the 1950 World Cup Final between Brazil and Ururguay. Continue reading ‘Maracana - Brazil’s biggest football stadium (Maracanã)’
